Ethel Maxine Neff

Sally, a rhesus monkey, run away from the medical center at the University of California. She was brought from India about three years ago along with other monkeys. The story of Sally's adventures is, in all essential aspects, true.

According to Dr. R. G. Agnew, chairman of oral pathology of the University of California, College of dentistry, all monkeys are treated with the utmost kindness in any medical tests given are harmless and painless.

Through the assistance of animals, modern science is learned how to fight disease and make human life safer and healthier.

Mr. Harold Munson, the artist, has caught the zest of adventure in the pictures of Sally which he created from sketches and photographs made at the medical center.… (meer)

An elephant is one of nature's most amazing animals. Though discovered by skin an inch thick, it is as sensitive to cold as is a geranium, and in wild life it must live near the equator. Though elephants are among nature's largest and strongest land animals, he heard of them can move through the forest without making a sound.

The elephant struck is superior to the nose of a human being in its sense of smell, and in addition it acts as a delicate instrument of touch and taste. Upon being attacked, and elephant can use his trunk as a weapon to lift a wild tiger and throw him.

Elephants are social creatures, living in herds of 20 to 40 animals, both males and females. They work energetically together to protect the baby elephants in the herd. Adult elephants are easily trained; and since they are intelligent, friendly, and curious, they make excellent zoo animals.

Pachy, the Runaway Elephant, is a true story in all essentials. The incidents have been arranged in a sequence that offers the greatest narrative appeal.… (meer)